Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley
# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

| World record | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 1:54.00 | Shanghai, China | 28 July 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Max Litchfield (GBR) | 1:56.64 | Budapest, Hungary | 26 July 2017 |
| Games record | Daniel Tranter (AUS) | 1:57.83 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 29 July 2014 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 April | Final | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:57.67 | GR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held at 11:13.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:59.02 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Clyde Lewis | Australia | 1:59.50 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Daniel Wallace | Scotland | 2:00.21 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Duncan Scott | Scotland | 2:00.44 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Bradlee Ashby | New Zealand | 2:00.57 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Mark Szaranek | Scotland | 2:00.58 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Xavier Castelli | Wales | 2:00.97 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 2:01.33 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Mackenzie Darragh | Canada | 2:01.67 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Joe Litchfield | England | 2:01.78 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Jarryd Baxter | South Africa | 2:02.23 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Travis Mahoney | Australia | 2:02.30 | |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Jarvis Parkinson | England | 2:02.85 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Tristan Cote | Canada | 2:03.09 | |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 2:03.19 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | James Brown | Northern Ireland | 2:03.34 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Eben Vorster | South Africa | 2:07.11 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Jason Arthur | Ghana | 2:07.44 | |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Brandon Schuster | Samoa | 2:08.44 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Taichi Vakasama | Fiji | 2:12.35 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Izaak Bastian | Bahamas | 2:12.87 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Stefano Mitchell | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:18.59 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Jadon Wuilliez | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:19.95 | |
| 24 | 1 | 8 | Samuele Rossi | Seychelles | 2:21.10 | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:15.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Mitch Larkin | Australia | 1:57.67 | GR |
| | 6 | Duncan Scott | Scotland | 1:57.86 | |
| | 5 | Clyde Lewis | Australia | 1:58.18 | |
| 4 | 7 | Mark Szaranek | Scotland | 1:59.24 | |
| 5 | 2 | Bradlee Ashby | New Zealand | 1:59.59 | |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Wallace | Scotland | 1:59.85 | |
| 7 | 8 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 2:01.13 | |
| 8 | 1 | Xavier Castelli | Wales | 2:01.49 | |
